COVID-19 & Architecture COVID-19 & Architecture May 2020 We always love the energy and ideas brought to our team by our co-op students, and this year is no exception. Our current masters-level co-op student from Dalhousie University, Hadrian Laing, has penned a... View post → Nycum Featured in Dalhousie’s 52 Originals Nycum Featured in Dalhousie’s 52 Originals Oct 2018 In celebration of Dalhousie’s 200 years of educating excellence, 52 outstanding individuals from Dalhousie’s community have been profiled for their impactful and pioneering actions. Among these 52 is Nycum CEO Benjie Nycum. Benjie was... View post → Teaching Code to Future Architects Teaching Code to Future Architects Jan 2018 Nycum staff Stephen Terauds and Benjie Nycum are teaching building code to undergraduate students at Dalhousie University School of Architecture. They’ve designed a course based on simulation of a code review in a professional... View post → Nycum on Building Science Panel Nycum on Building Science Panel Nov 2017 As part of The Design & Construction Institute (DCI) 2017 Education Day – Building Science “An Atlantic Perspective” on November 7, 2017 Nycum CEO Benjie Nycum presented on the Atlantic Perspectives Panel. The day... View post → RAIC Syllabus Program in full swing in Halifax RAIC Syllabus Program in full swing in Halifax Dec 2015 Benjie Nycum has been teaching alongside TEAL’s Tom Emodi in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Syllabus program since the beginning of 2015. Now in his second term teaching, he reflects on the... View post → Superconvergence and the Future of Healthcare Facilities Superconvergence and the Future of Healthcare Facilities May 2015 This year’s annual CHES conference opened with a keynote address from Benjie Nycum that delved into the changes on the horizon for healthcare facilities planning. Here is a bit from his abstract: Healthcare challenges... View post → Join Our Multi Gender Changeroom Design Dialogue Join Our Multi Gender Changeroom Design Dialogue Apr 2015 Remember how rowdy and sometimes dangerous the changing room could get before gym class? Can we make it safer for everyone while still allowing privacy? Would it be safer to have Multi Gender Change... View post → Mind Architecture: Utopian Parallels in Architecture and Psychiatry Mind Architecture: Utopian Parallels in Architecture and Psychiatry Sep 2014 On September 11, 2014, Benjie Nycum presented the R.O. Jones Memorial Lecture at the Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual conference in Toronto. Here is a bit from the original abstract: In recent decades, the debate... View post → Insert Patient Here! Insert Patient Here! Dec 2013 A recent article in the Wall Street Journal on “The Hospital Room of the Future”, presented with the subtitle of “A patient-centered design could reduce infections, falls, errors—and ultimately costs” shows how far off... View post → We Present on Combining Programming and Design Phases Effectively We Present on Combining Programming and Design Phases Effectively Aug 2013 This year’s International Union of Architects Public Health Group Forum will be held in Toronto as part of IIDEX. Noah and Mark will be presenting the outcomes of a recent project we were engaged... View post → We Present Design Standards at International Healthcare Architecture Forum We Present Design Standards at International Healthcare Architecture Forum This year’s International Union of Architects Public Health Group Forum will be held in Toronto as part of IIDEX. We will be presenting our analysis of how innovation and design standards converged in a... View post → Advocacy for Health in Architecture Advocacy for Health in Architecture Jan 2013 As part of Professional Practice Week at the School of Architecture, Benjie Nycum will be presenting a lecture called Advocacy for Health in Architecture on January 22nd at 10 am. Student and public lectures... View post → We Present at International Environments for Aging Conference We Present at International Environments for Aging Conference Apr 2012 This year’s annual Environments for Aging conference will be held in Orlando, FL. We will be presenting our analysis of how innovation and design standards converged in a major three year initiative to build... View post →